WORLD BOXING TITLE

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22796, 23 August 1939, Page 6

WORLD BOXING TITLE

LIGHT-WEIGHT BOUT TO-DAY AMBERS AND ARMSTRONG TO' MEET (HJIIZD PBE39 JkSSOCIATIOX —COPTBIOET.) (Received August 22, 11 p.m.) ■ NEW YORK, August 22. ' An attendance of 50,000 and a gate of 150,000 dollars are anticipated for the return bout. between Armstrong and Ambers for the world light-weight boxing championship at the Yankee Stadium to-morrow. . Armstrong is the favourite. A controversy threatens if Arnbeis wins because Ambers is also at the weight for the welter-weight . title which Armstrong holds. Ambers’s supporters say that it is within his rights to claim both titles. Armstrong announced that he Plans to 'enter the middle-weight class. His ambition is to hold four world titles, feather, light,; middle, and welterweight and abdicate them. AMATEUR TITLES DECIDED KEEN and even bouts Most of the bouts on the programme at the Radiant Hall last night, when the Canterbury amateur boxing championships were decided, were! keen .and even;.ana a moderate-sized house saw most .of Canterbury' 3 best amateurs, as well as :one or two from-other provinces. In action;. • ; The programme lasted three and a half hours, and. If it had not been for a big number of technical knock-outs, and knock-outs proper, the scheduled list of bouts might have been still on at midnight. But it was worth sitting three and a half hours to see some of the bouts. * ■ lan Watson, a Wellington light-weight, who did not secure a title,- put up tha outstanding performance of the. night. He won-one fight easily, had a doubtful decision over J. P. Musson In the next, ana lost the third on a technical knock-out, But It was his gamepesai ■ that. ntoealed; most to- * the crowdr - »and'-'he rtcMly- deserved the/ applause he received. C. Marsh, a big Greymouth boxer, impressed, too, with his two wins in the heavy-weight class. He deserved the title and his battle with T. O’Gorman was an excellent exhibition between two good, hard-hitting West Coast boxers. Results were:—' Bantam-weight J. Carter Bst 51b beat N. Mortimer Bst 21b on points in a bright contest that tailed off a little In Interest towards the end. with both lads tired. Mortimer made a brave showing against his clever, experienced, and solid opponent, Pinal Carter was given the decision over P. Nee Bst 61b on points in a not particularly fast bout, In which there was little between the two. Feather-weight Final N. Blake 9st was too good for R. Overend 9st over three rounds.. Blake hit hard and made his opponent miss often. Overehd put up a game showing, but was decisively beaten. ; Light-weight J «P Musspn 9st 71b was too good for A. Jamieson 9st 81b, getting a well-earned points decision. The first two rounds were slow, but in the. last Musson was well ahead. Jamieson was once down for' six. Lan Watson Bst Bib beat W. Jaggers Bst 51b on points in a bright bout. Both men hit hard and often, but Watson just shaded Jaggers in most.of the exchanges. D. McGlrr Bst 51b easily beat N. Blake 9st 11b by a technical knock-out In the first round, McGlrr was by far the more skilful, and he had Blake In trouble In the first minute. After 90 'seconds Blake went down for seven. He came up gamely but McGlrr punished him so severely In the next few seconds that the referee had no option but to stop the fight. . Semi-final Watson was given the decision over Musson in one of the best bouts of the night. It was even punching, with two skilful and game men. Musson may have lost points for holding, but It was hard to see the reason for the decision. Watson, under heavy punishment, still did most of the leading, but Musson was the more clever and the faster. Final McGlrr beat Watson' In the second round. Watson, with a cut eye, and a bad nose, and two previous hard fights, should not have been allowed to start,'but he put up a fine show against McGirr, and until the end Of the second round more than held his own. Welter-weight R. Tbnks (Ashburton) lost 71b beat W. Thomas lost 61b on a technical knockout in the second round. Both boys were fast and willing fighters, but in the second round the Ashburton lad scored heavily.- Thomas was down for nine, and a second later was down again, the referee stopping the bout. Tonks. himself took a lot of punishment, but he scored well in In-fighting. • . D, McLeod lost 21b beat S. Butterworth lOst 71b on a technical knock-out In the last of three rounds. Until then Butter-' worth probably led on points, after some bright exchanges, but McLeod scored with four successive heavy lefts, and. the bout was stopped.- One or two more of the lefts and there would almost certainly have been a knock-out for McLeod—but some of the crowd complained at the bout’s being stopped. . Middle-weight L. ’Liiley list 61b beat W. Russell list 31b ■on a foul. Russell was Infinitely the better boxer, and in the light of later events seemed unlucky to be disquallF* fled.. His . opponent, however, doubled up In agony and there seemed llttje option for the referee. .If it was low, the blow was certainly unintentional, a? Russell could easily have'won.. '■ N . Final D. McLeod lost 21b easily beatiL. Liiley on fi technical knock-out In ~ the first round. ’More than ‘a stone lighter, McLeod was doing most of the fighting .when Liiley again folded up, as -in the first bout he had. This time the decision was against hirh. Light Heavy-weight s- • , , Final .. , , . . T. O’Gorman 12st 71b begt B, Wlthell 12st .31b on a technical knock-out in the first "round of a bout which promised "well. Wlthell Began by taking- an early' lead, but. his heaviest punches made little impression on O'Gorman who finally scored, so well with lefts -and rights that the. re-' suit could not be in doubt. • I Heavy-weight ■ ■ 'Semi-final - - ' C. Marsh (Greymouth) 13st beat T. O'Gorman 12st 71b "in one of the best fights of the season. Marsh was the fitter and the .more aggressive, and deserved to win."He piled on many points in the last- round. It was O’Gorirlan’s. second fight of the night—although the first only-

went one round—but Marsh would probably have beaten him even If, he had been fresh. ; , Final ■ - Marsh easily beat E. Byron 13st In the first round. Byron was repeatedly warned for holding, and finally the bout was stopped.